The clock ran out
on budget reconciliation for 2017 on September 30, and with it, the possibility of repealing the ACA with a simple majority in the Senate.
Not exact matches
The Byrd rule was adopted to prevent Congress from using
budget reconciliation for «extraneous» provisions (more
on that in a minute).
After that date, the GOP must either pass a new
budget to use
reconciliation again or get Democrats
on board with a healthcare bill.
Democrats and other outside experts have said changing insurance regulations in any way might not be permissible under
reconciliation, either because they don't have a
budget impact or because any impact would be incidental (1 and 4
on the Byrd list).
What's more, to get legislation through Congress relying only
on Republican votes, the majority must rely
on reconciliation instructions contained in a
budget resolution.
The
reconciliation instructions — the part of the
budget that will most likely be acted
on — increases deficits by $ 1.5 trillion and abandons the House's attempt at including $ 200 billion of mandatory savings.
However, the Public Accounts includes a detailed
reconciliation between the
budget forecast and the final results
on a consistent accounting basis (5).
What's more, a deficit - increasing bill can rely
on the
reconciliation process — the process that allows a simple majority vote in the Senate — only if it does not raise deficits in years after the 10 - year
budget window, which means the tax breaks here would have to be temporary.
Needless to say, the House
budget is much more fiscally responsible
on reconciliation than the Senate because it actually requires action
on legislation reducing the deficit, whereas the Senate
budget facilitates legislation increasing the deficit.
It is also recommend that the Minister of Finance provide a detailed
reconciliation in the upcoming
budget on the differences between the Estimates and the B
budget on the differences between the Estimates and the
BudgetBudget.
Not only could such a gift to businesses be looked down upon by American voters, but it would also complicate the GOP's plan to pass tax legislation through
budget reconciliation, a process that requires only a simple majority in the Senate but brings with it limitations
on adding to the deficit beyond the span of a decade.
For accountability and transparency, it is vital that such
reconciliations be provided
on an ongoing basis and to the latest
Budget projections, not to Update estimates, which would be seriously out - of - date.
1Generally based
on the 2017 tax reform act («An Act to provide for
reconciliation pursuant to titles II and V of the concurrent resolution
on the
budget for fiscal year 2018,» Pub.
The
reconciliation bill also initially delayed but did not repeal the so - called «Cadillac tax»
on high - cost insurance plans to avoid revenue loss outside the
budget window, but an amendment repealing it was adopted by an overwhelming bipartisan vote and no Byrd rule challenge was raised despite its deficit impact.
Additionally, the Committee is responsible for holding hearings
on the economy,
budget reconciliation, and oversight in monitoring government agency performance.
So how long is it, now that the Republicans have passed H.R. 1, An Act to provide for
reconciliation pursuant to titles II and V of the concurrent resolution
on the
budget for fiscal year 2018 (formerly the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act)?
Mr Ken Ofori Atta, the Minister of Finance and Economic Planning, has been called upon to include a
reconciliation report
on the management of petroleum revenue in the 2018
Budget to be presented to Parliament
on Wednesday, Nov. 15, 2017.
And it would not be surprising to see Alexander capitalize
on bipartisan interest in these ideas, which would be needed to reach the 60 - vote filibuster threshold (unless the Republican leadership end the filibuster or use the
budget reconciliation process to avoid it).
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